New Virus effecting Android Devices?
10 August, 2010 , 7:17 pm
Just because we can’t see viruses or hear them doesn’t mean they don’t exsist! Apparently there is a new virus floating around Android part of town. It has been discovered by Kaspersky Lab, and the virus’s name is Trojan-SMS.ANdroidOS.FakePlayer.a and it has been effected by a few of the Android smartphones out on the market.
According to Kaspersky Lab, the virus is disguised as a media player app:
The new malicious program penetrates smartphones running Android in the guise of a harmless media player application. Users are prompted to install a file of just over 13 KB with the standard Android extension .APK. Once installed on the phone, the Trojan uses the system to begin sending SMSs to premium rate numbers without the owner’s knowledge or consent, resulting in money passing from a user’s account to that of the cybercriminals.
Kaspersky Lab wants to make sure you’re safe, and they recommended being careful when you are buying apps and make sure you know what you’re getting. Ironic that we were all worrying about apps that would steal our data and send out our info, guess everyone forgot about the good old viruses.
